Margaret Fort

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Margaret "Peggy" Markland Fort

• Birth: 1760 - Maryland, USA
• Death: 1865 - Lewis County, Kentucky, USA

Married Christopher Fort on February 3, 1833. Third wife of Christopher Fort, he was 99 years old and she was 73 years old.

There is a Peggy Fort marrying David Howard on March 4, 1816 at Bath County, KY.

History of Lewis County, Kentucky:

September Tern 1820 of Court: Christopher Fort, as a citizen of Lewis, is mentioned as a juryman to assess damages on a roadway. An old lady, Peggy "Margaret?" Fort (Christopher's 3rd wife he married when he was 99 years old), lived with Alex. Vance, near Concord (Lewis County), in 1837. She was one hundred and five years old when she died, and had been blind for a number of years. She was Mr. Vance's mother-in-law and the grandmother of Mr. George Vance. Thus the name Vanceburg, KY.

Christopher Fort lived to an age of 109 and Margaret Fort to an age of 105.

Family links:

Spouse:

• Christopher Fort (1734 - 1843)*

Burial: Unknown

• Maintained by: dcterri
• Originally Created by: John Blakemore Sellers
• Record added: Jul 05, 2015
• Find A Grave Memorial# 148709193